Civil rights lawyers acting on behalf of Keenan Anderson’s son have filed a $50-million wrongful death claim against the city of Los Angeles, alleging the 31-year-old teacher died as a result of “serious injuries” he suffered when an LAPD officer repeatedly tased him after a traffic collision.
The skirmish occurred after officers responded to a multicar accident at a busy intersection in Venice. Other drivers blamed the crash on Anderson, who was agitated and talking incoherently. He initially followed an officer’s orders to sit on the curb but then ran into the intersection. “Mr. Anderson did nothing to justify this use of serious and unreasonable force against him,” the claim said. “He was unarmed when officers attempted to detain him, and had not posed any reasonable threat of serious bodily injury to each of the unknown involved police officers, or any other person, so as to justify this use of unreasonable deadly force against him. He was merely suspected of potentially being involved in a minor traffic collision.
Anderson complied, sitting on the sidewalk. He appeared panicked and incoherent, at one point saying, “I want people to see me,” and “you’re putting a thing on me.”
Yes, sue them. But that dude not worth 50 million. None of us are.
-People don’t die from being tased. -People usually don’t need to be tased more than once. -People comply w police always live to tell about it. Above are all the norm. Keenan was outside of the norm. Keenan purposely defied the norm. This is why Keenan is dead. itsthedrugs
He resisted arrest. Cops tried to be as nice as possible. Watch the entire video.
I think a $20 gift certificate to Bed Bath & Beyond is more than sufficient compensation for results that were a direct consequence of the perp’s behavior
Would it be fair to say the officers killed him during the encounter, or would that be an insane thing to simply put in a headline
How were the LAPD officers involved in the encounter in which he was tased repeatedly and after which he died?
Tired of paying for these Cops crimes.
The LAPD has a concert band, a 40-horse barn, 20 helicopters, 5,000 patrol cars, a football team, and an Entertainment Trademark Unit. But NO policy on how many times a person can be tased within a minute. Fucked up. KeenanAnderson
“Tasing”, was that all?